Afternoon all,

If you are currently working on a project that you could benefit from help with, do post details here. Our professional students will be finishing their training with us in just two weeks, and we have 8 new heritage labourers starting with us in January - all of whom will be looking for work experience opportunities.

Not only could you get an extra pair of skills hands on your project, but you would be helping the next generation of heritage specialists on your career journey.

Kate

Not what I expected to share as first post - but glad to be able.

Sharing on behalf of someone to help find real lime plasterer for 4 large rooms already stripped out in large Victorian property. I would LOVE to help out on this one as it’s exactly the people and reason I got involved. Do you know who to recommend or suggest?

(I WILL post soon about my recent experiences, own offers and availability I promise)

Hi,

Is anyone looking for experience rendering over the next few weeks?

We're based near Coleford in the Forest of Dean.

We're using a perlite base coat and gauged top coat.

I have rendered one wall previously, but I could use some help getting this one pushed through.

Thanks,

In September last year I bought a limestone cottage in Youlgreave, near Bakewell and I wil l be attending the introduction to lime plastering course part 1 and 2 at Carrington lime in September and October this year.

I am looking to immerse myself in this line of work and acquire some site experience and professional insight ahead of my training. I'm aiming to build a career as a lime plasterer and historic building repair and i'm hopeful that this kind of thing could strengthen my portfolio which I could include in an application for the four month heritage plastering course next year if it is to run.

Please let me know if you live locally and could take me on for a few days or more, or I am happy to travel if you are further afield. I'm keen to help with anything and eager to get the ball…

Hello, we would love some help with plastering the kitchen and dining room in our early 1900s terraced house in Cardiff. The house had significant damp issues and all the concrete render, tanking and gypsum plaster has been hacked off. The kitchen is a small room but we are a little overwhelmed with the numerous problems to solve in order to plaster successfully (e.g. missing bricks from a chimney removed in the past, holes through to the outside, very damaged and uneven brickwork, mix of wooden and concrete lintels, pipework to navigate etc). We're also trying to get the work complete before we get married on 16 August! So if you fancy helping us with a small but challenging job we would love to hear from you! Thanks 😊

We are looking for a motivated Labourer to help with jobs on and around the site. Duties of the Labourer include helping move and collect materials, set up tools, assisting tradesman with tasks, general cleaning of sites.

The ideal candidate should be trustworthy, punctual, ready to help, learn and able to follow instructions.

If you have any/little previous experience on building work we’d like to meet you. Ultimately, a successful Labourer will be ready to help where there is a need and able to learn new skills that will later help to expand your work.

For more information please contact enquiries@prestigemasonry.co.uk

07469726517

Hi, we are looking for a helping hand to finish off our project in Gloucestershire. The back wall of our house is underground and we had been in the process of stripping it down, raking out, repointing and plastering in lime in preparation for the birth of our son in August when he unexpectedly made an extremely early arrival at the start of May, which has thrown the whole project off. Because of needing to spend a lot of time with him in the NICU we'd have to be a bit flexible about timings of when we'd be working on it, but would try to fit in with your availability and give you as much notice as possible (weekends are likely to be the best time). In terms of the project itself we're experimenting with different hardnesses of lime in the gauged mix because of the wall being underground and…

We’re a small, passionate team based just outside Falmouth, dedicated to lovingly restoring beautiful old Cornish cottages and townhouses.

We’re looking for ad hoc support throughout the summer for our lime pointing and rendering projects. Experience is preferred, but we’re also open to students who have attended Carrington Lime courses and are eager to gain hands-on site experience.

What we offer:

• Flexible, project-based work in stunning heritage settings

• Opportunity to work with traditional lime techniques

• Accommodation available – solo use of a campsite or holiday chalet

East Devon, Mid Devon & Exeter

Good opportunity for someone to join us for the summer and possibly full time thereafter.

Lime plastering, rendering, repointing and masonry

Carpentry

Genernal building

Please contact Maurice on